“The text, in its mass, is comparable to a sky, at once flat and smooth, deep, without edges and without landmarks; like… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I guess we all feel like underdogs. I remember being a freshman at Brown University and not knowing what a WASP was.… — Stephen Karam Copy Share Image
Teachers have almost stopped reading aloud to their classes because of the pressure of testing and tight curricula, but it is the… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was… — Steve Nash Copy Share Image
I also really like to read good books and I don't have enough time to do it. So it's really hard for… — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
I believe we have an obligation to read for pleasure, in private and in public places. If we read for pleasure, if… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Whether or not it is dangerous to read Sade is a question that easily becomes lost in a multitude of others and… — Richard Seaver Copy Share Image
Except that my father got a raise, and my mother didn't because she doesn't get paid for housework, and my sister stopped… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“We lusty bibliophiles know that reading, unlike just about anything else, is both good for you and loads of fun.” — Kevin Smokler Copy Share Image
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
People don't understand how hard it is to get recognized, how hard it is to get people to read your books. How… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“...but she wrote out some extra words on a piece of paper so Rain could practice reading. "Is this a magic spell?"… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
“Reading is one of the main things I do. Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel I’ve accomplished something, learned something, become… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
My research process doesn't vary much. I do a little reading to establish a timeline and decide how I'm going to approach… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
There’s the feeling, and the right reading - that’s all you really need to know; the right light and the feeling. — Linda McCartney Copy Share Image
“What you don’t want to change is exactly what you need to change the most” — Ela Crain Copy Share Image
A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him," my father had told me more than once.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Writing and reading are the only ways to find your voice. It won't magically burst forth in your poems the next time… — Dorianne Laux Copy Share Image
“I think the reason novels are regarded to have so much more 'information' than films is that they outsource the scenic design… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
I think when I was 12, I started reading Evelyn Waugh, and I loved Evelyn Waugh so much, and I thought: 'This… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The most popular typefaces are the easiest to read; their popularity has made them disappear from conscious cognition. It becomes impossible to… — Zuzana Licko Copy Share Image
Libraries are the future of reading. When the economy is down, we need to make it easier for people to buy and… — Courtney Milan Copy Share Image
“We've inherited many ideas about writing that emerged in the eighteenth century, especially an interest in literature as both an expression and… — James Shapiro Copy Share Image
“I have a really vivid imagination and I find it difficult to read scenes of complete graphic violence. That's not to say… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
... the fallibility of human brains is in nothing more obvious than in proof reading. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Being a writer is a solitary life. So the little part of me that's an actor still enjoys the theatrical part of… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dinosaurs are the jumper cables to the human mind. Kids can't curb their enthusiasm when they're in a hall of dinosaurs and… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching… — Ben Hecht Copy Share Image
I like reading books that provide you with knowledge that you previously didn't have. And books you have a chance to grow… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
“From the cave to the skyscraper, from the club to weapons of mass destruction, from the tautological life of the tribe to… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
I try to be a good human being and keep up with what's going on in the world by reading and staying… — Bob Feller Copy Share Image
Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday. — James Patterson Copy Share Image
We're obviously in a strange environment where practically anyone can set themselves up as a pundit of sorts. It's all about sorting… — Hamish Bowles Copy Share Image
“Meaningful literary criticism is like penance to please Bhagwan Shiva and ask for wisdom for the world instead of material things for… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
